renting heating headaches
I live on the top floor of a bungalow.
The landlord can be as dishonest as f*ck sometimes. He rented the basement out to someone and only put one working vent down for the whole basement in a single room. I lived here a couple of years and someone new moved in and then the complaints started about it being cold.
They told me they didn't pay for heating oil. Their first request was that I open my windows so the furnace would stay on all the time.
Their argument is that since the thermostat is located upstairs I am responsible for keeping it warm downstairs. Turn on a heater or stop the door draft downstairs never entered their minds, "too dangerous for electric heaters".
My argument is that they should contact the landlord to provide adequate heat supply downstairs. I informed the landlord what I kept the temperature at and they wanted me to turn it up a couple of degrees saying "it will fix the problem" failing to acknowledge his role in this and of course it didn't fix the problem.
I don't trust the person downstairs either. They tell me things like they can see the walls moving and hear voices and other things I know are simply not true that could not be attributed to delusions. I think they are slightly unstable but not that mentally ill.
I stay away from the tenant. I partly suspect they have done this before and are simply playing inept on purpose. What type of legal headaches can they cause me about the heat?
The landlord can be as dishonest as f*ck sometimes. He rented the basement out to someone and only put one working vent down for the whole basement in a single room. I lived here a couple of years and someone new moved in and then the complaints started about it being cold.
They told me they didn't pay for heating oil. Their first request was that I open my windows so the furnace would stay on all the time.
Their argument is that since the thermostat is located upstairs I am responsible for keeping it warm downstairs. Turn on a heater or stop the door draft downstairs never entered their minds, "too dangerous for electric heaters".
My argument is that they should contact the landlord to provide adequate heat supply downstairs. I informed the landlord what I kept the temperature at and they wanted me to turn it up a couple of degrees saying "it will fix the problem" failing to acknowledge his role in this and of course it didn't fix the problem.
I don't trust the person downstairs either. They tell me things like they can see the walls moving and hear voices and other things I know are simply not true that could not be attributed to delusions. I think they are slightly unstable but not that mentally ill.
I stay away from the tenant. I partly suspect they have done this before and are simply playing inept on purpose. What type of legal headaches can they cause me about the heat?